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This is the homepage for Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, a film by Josephine Decker. Starring Joe Swanberg, Sophie Traub, Robert Longstreet, Kristin Slaysman, and Geoff Marslett.

Thou Wast Mild and Lovely is a sensual thriller inspired by East of Eden and starring love, death, guns, goats and a farm in the wilds of Kentucky.

\When Akin arrives at the farm, he finds his job. This is what he expected to find. When Sarah opens her legs, she finds someone watching. This is what she expected to find. When Jeremiah opens his mouth, frightening things come out of it. This has come to be expected. But what happens by the creek next to the cow. This was not expected.

"Josephine Decker’s film debut gives us a view into her very personal and original world. The way that the story is told and the movement of the camera keep surprising the viewer throughout holds their interest until the very end.”

Thou Wast Mild and Lovely is a sensual thriller inspired by East of Eden and starring love, death, guns, goats and a farm in the wilds of Kentucky.

When Akin arrives at the farm, he finds his job. This is what he expected to find. When Sarah opens her legs, she finds someone watching. This is what she expected to find. When Jeremiah opens his mouth, frightening things come out of it. This has come to be expected. But what happens by the creek next to the cow. This was not expected.